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Job 8:2 — King James Version← Study notes

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?


Job 8:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 8:28 words
HebrewMeaning
עַדʿad
untilpronH5704
and · as · at · before ···
אָ֥ןʾān
when?particleH575
any whither · where · whither
תְּמַלֶּלtəmalel
will you sayverbH4448
speak · utter
אֵ֑לֶּהʾēleh
these thingsprepH428
so · some · such · them ···
וְ/ר֥וּחַwərwḥa
and will be a windconjH7307
anger · blast · breath · cool ···
כַּ֝בִּירkabiyr
mightyadjH3524
feeble · most · much · strong ···
אִמְרֵיʾimərēy
the words ofnounH561
appointed unto him · saying · speech · word
פִֽי/ךָpiykā
mouth yournounH6310
-ing to) · after · appointment · assent ···
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Job 8:2

Then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, and said, How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the breath of the words of thy mouth be multiplied? To the unrighteous the words of the righteous are ever grievous, and such as they hear spoken for edification, they bear as a burthen put upon them. As Bildad, the Shuhite, plainly indicates in his own case, when he says, How long wilt thou speak these things? For he that says how long, shews that he cannot any longer bear…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 8 §57
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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